Configure PBS Professional

A YAML cluster configuration file for a PBS Professional resource manager on an HPC cluster looks like:

# /etc/ood/config/clusters.d/my_cluster.yml
---
v2:
  metadata:
    title: "My Cluster"
  login:
    host: "my_cluster.my_center.edu"
  job:
    adapter: "pbspro"
    host: "my_cluster-batch.my_center.edu"
    exec: "/path/to/pbspro"
   # bin_overrides:
      # qsub: "/usr/local/bin/qsub"
      # qselect: ""
      # qstat: ""
      # qhold: ""
      # qrls: ""
      # qdel: ""

with the following configuration options:

adapter

This is set to pbspro.

host

The host of the PBS Pro batch server.

exec

The installation path for the PBS Pro binaries and libraries on the OnDemand host.

bin_overrides

Replacements/wrappers for Slurm’s job submission and control clients. Optional

Supports the following clients:

• qsub
• qselect
• qstat
• qhold
• qrls
• qdel